Birthdays today include Barbara W. Tuchman's (1912-1989). Tuchman wrote a number of widely read historical works, including Bible and Sword (1956), The Zimmermann Telegram (1958), The Guns of August (1962, Pulitzer Prize), A Distant Mirror (1978), and The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam (1984).
It's too early to tell where a revised subtitle for The March of Folly might end -- From Troy to Baghdad or From Troy to Teheran?
Perhaps Emperor G.W. Nero will divert his peoples from Middle East fiascoes. Instead, he'll have his legions pounce on Havana -- like Emperor Reagan and Beirut/Grenada? A medal of honor for everybody! Fidel Castro or bust!
Other birthdays today include those of: Al Smith, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), Richard Brautigan, Vanessa Redgrave, Gene Hackman, and my Mom -- Happy birthday to all!
No Sleep 'Till Teheran!
12 comments:
We should've taken Castro out. Unfortunately, I was doing a lot of LSD at the time.
Come on down! We will rock Miami when Fidel finally kicks.
I already have franchise locations for the whole island of Cuba scouted out. The potential for casinos is fabulous.
I can go back for that haunting, mythical white marlin that I saw once, but never got the chance to fight with again.
Those cuban cigars are the finest.
Is Cuba an Islamic Republic?
Erik! Long time no talk! haha interesting post today!
That's a cool New Yorker cover, although even a charicature makes him look far too elegant.
I remember "The Guns of August." It caused quite a stir in rural Arkansas among the hunters, which included most of my family. I think it was only when they filmed something about it for TV, though.
I read The Guns of August. Great account of how militaristic thinking creates its own logic.
Invade Cuba? Why? Have they discovered oil there?
How is Mrs. Choice? Hope you bought her something to make her smile from ear to ear?
As the rhetoric grows more strident, a U.S. military official in the Gulf likened the U.S.-Iran standoff to the buildup in hostility in Europe before World War I, when the assassination of the heir to the Austrian throne triggered a tragic war that engulfed a continent.
"A mistake could be made and you could end up in something that neither side ever really wanted, and suddenly it's August 1914 all over again," the U.S. officer said on condition of anonymity, because of the sensitivity of the issue. "I really believe neither side wants a fight." -- Associated Press.
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